Prep to Year 2 iPad App List
Technology at home
There are always questions that arise about the use of technology at home.
Some important first steps with iPads are to ensure that your child has their own Apple ID and that Family Sharing (and ‘Screen Time’) is set up:
- Learn how to set up Family Sharing
- Learn how to create an Apple ID for your child
- Learn how to set up Screen Time
Apple has more family information to help on its Families page.
Apps
Firstly, please note that the iPad comes preloaded with a range of useful apps, go here to explore their functionality.
The following list contains the required St Leonard’s College Core iPad apps for students in years Prep to Year 2 and will remain useful as students progress through the Junior School.
It is expected that families will use Family Sharing or purchase iTunes cards to cover the cost of these required apps for students.
Click the apps below to be taken to the App Store to download or buy the apps (it is great to do this on the iPad in Safari):
Apps for ALL students in years Prep to Year 2
English
 Microsoft Word (Free) |  Pages (Free) |  Dictionary.com (Free) |
 Wordsalad (Free) |  Word Hippo (Free) |  Keynote (Free) |
 Book Creator for iPad ($4.49) |  TumbleBooks (Free) |  PowerPoint (Free) |
Mathematics
 Geoboard (Free) |  Interactive Telling Time (Free) |  Bee-Bot (Free) |
 MathTango (Free) |  BOM Weather (Free) |  Number Rack (Free) |
 Number Line (Free) |
STEM
 WeDo 2.0 LEGO (Free) |  Swift Playgrounds (Free) |  ScratchJr (Free) |
 Box Island for Schools ($12.99) |  Kodable (Free) |
Research
 Kids Encyclopedia (Free) |  Khan Academy (Free) |  Google Earth (Free) |
 Google Maps (Free) |  YouTube Kids (Free) |
Creativity
 Kahoot! (Free) |  Pic Collage EDU ($2.99) |  Stop Motion Studio (Free) |
 Art Set 4 (Free) |  iMovie (Free) |  Clips (Free) |
Other
 Microsoft Teams (Free) |  Seesaw Class (Free) |  The Zones of Regulation ($9.99) |
Prep apps only (See below for Year 1 apps)
English (Prep)
 Eggy 100 (Free) |  Montessori – Rhyme Time (Free) |  Teach Your Monster to Read ($7.99) |
 Initial Code Full Version ($9.99) |  School Writing – AU/NZ ($9.99) |
Mathematics (Prep)
 Friends of Ten ($1.49) |  Place Value MAB ($2.99) |  Place Value MAB Addition ($2.99) |
 Subitising Flash Cards ($2.99) |  Dominoes Addition ($2.99) |  PopMath Original ($4.49) |
 Montessori Hundred Board Lite (Free) |  10 Frame Fill (Free) |  Patterns Colors and Shapes (Free) |
 ABC Mathseeds (Free) |  Hairy Words 1 ($4.99) |  Hairy Words 2 ($4.99) |
 Initial Code Full Version ($9.99) |
Creativity (Prep)
 Draw and Tell HD (Free) |
Year 1 apps only (there are no specific Year 2 only apps)
Mathematics (Year 1)
 Quick Maths (Free) | Friends of Ten ($1.49) | Place Value MAB Addition ($2.99) |
Place Value MAB ($2.99) | Subitising Flash Cards ($2.99) | Dominoes Addition ($2.99) |
PopMath Original ($4.49) | Montessori Hundred Board Lite (Free) | 10 Frame Fill (Free) |
Patterns Colors and Shapes (Free) | Hairy Words 1 ($4.99) | Hairy Words 2 ($4.99) |